We'll decide who comes to this country and the
circumstance in which they comesaid John Howard
when he introduced measures to stop the tide of illegal
immigration by boat people.A captivating political autobiography by the second
longest serving prime-minister of Australia. American
readers should be aware that the Liberal Party in Australia
is the conservative side of politics - confusing, I know.
Not recommended for Howard haters and trendies.

An insight into
Ronald Regan's presidency through excerpts from his own personal
diaries that he kept during his time in the White House. Edit by the
Historian Douglas Brinkley, omitting some significant historical moments but still
a great value

To Kill a Mockingbird, this is how Clarence Thomas summed up his near failed
Senate approval by the Senate of his nomination to the Supreme Court
of the USA. It
was a despicable payback to a proud black man who refused to accept the
liberal doctrine that patronises blacks.
you don't
have to sit next to white person to learn how to read and write
he
said. The bleeding hearts liberal Democrats hated it.

An excellent analysis of John Howard's political life from his
university days until just before he lost his fifth election in November
2007 to Kevin Rudd. The book is
written in a dispassionate manner, packed with facts about the man, his
achievements and failures. Love me or loath me Howard used
to say but you know what you are getting.

Not suitable for Howard haters.

I have done my best to write about the decisions I got
right, those I got wrong, and what I would do differently if
given the chance .
This is not a chronological biography as we normally expect;
the book is organised by themes that called for the the most
significant decsions during GW Bush presidency, as he sees
it, subjects such 9/11, Afghanistan, Iraq, Kathrina, the
Wall Street financial collapse, to name a few.

A captivating detailed memoires of Condoleezza Rice time in
Wasgington.
The book is well written, alsmost as if was intended to be a
text book for stududents in Political Science, with details
explanations and interesting behind the sceens anegdotes about
world events in which Ms. Rice played active part as National
Security Advisor and Secretary of State to George W Bush.

Karl Rove's memoirs of his years as the
political advisor to George W Bush from his decesion to run for
the governorship of Texas until late in the second persidential
term.
An interesting insight into the man and the political aspects of
the Bush presidency as well as some score settling with his
detractors.

John Bolton's political momoirs as under
secretary for Arms Control with Bush (41) and the US Ambassador
to the UN in Bush (43) administration. Although tedious at times
its none the less enlightening to see how high diplomacy works
(or rather not), particularly when it comes to the hypocrisy of
the so-called US allies.

The story of the former director of the CIA under Presidents Clinton and Bush
(43). An interesting
insight to decision making process on the War in Iraq and the War on Terror.